Over 150 people have been confirmed dead out of the 5,677 confirmed cholera cases in Katsina state.
This was disclosed in a brief interview with 21st CENTURY CHRONICLE at the sideline of a Health Sector meeting Friday morning by the Executive Secretary of the Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Shamsudeen Yahaya.
He said the figures were gathered from hospitals and other primary health care centres in the state.
Dr. Shamsudeen hinted the figures could be more than that since some people especially in the rural areas didn’t report to hospitals and no record of the case was taken.
“Just like what is happening in some parts of the country, we still have cholera cases in Katsina state. And as you all know, the disease goes high during the rainy season. As of yesterday Thursday, we have 5,677 cases of cholera covering the 34 local government areas of the
state,” he said.
He called on the general public to avoid an unhygienic environment and eat only healthy food.
“We all have a role to play at the family and community levels because that is the most important. When people engage in indiscriminate dumping of refuse, indiscriminate open defecation, there must be a spread of diseases like cholera,” he added.
